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Publication
Stockholm : Bonnier, 1957
Description
A butler named Keggs who, having overheard the planning of a scheme, later decides to try and make money out of his knowledge.It features Percy Pilbeam, the unscrupulous head of the Argus Detective Agency, who first appeared in Bill the Conqueror (1924) and was in several other Wodehouse books, including a visit to Blandings Castle in Summer Lightning (1929).
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LibraryThing member ianw
Enjoyable romp featuring impoverished aristocrats and rich Americans.
LibraryThing member chodapp
Originally published in the mid-50s as "The Butler Did It." Not the VERY best of Wodehouse, but a typically contrived romp that is fun for the sheer joy of the plot twists and language. It begins in New York on the eve before the 1929 Crash, and a clot of millionaires forming a tontine for their
The thoroughly obnoxious art dealer Mortimer Bayliss is an added bonus.
This edition is a downsized hardback that is a part of the Collector's Wodehouse, reissues that are all freshly typeset and collected as one massive set.
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sons. Not a "last man living" sort of a tontine, but a more suitably Wodehousian "last idle male offspring to get married" sort. The usual array of bumbling viscounts, star-eyed lads, offensive heirs, showgirls, boxers and one brainbox of a butler (not Jeeves, this go round, but one Mr. Augustus Keggs) are on hand.The thoroughly obnoxious art dealer Mortimer Bayliss is an added bonus.
This edition is a downsized hardback that is a part of the Collector's Wodehouse, reissues that are all freshly typeset and collected as one massive set.
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LibraryThing member PhilSyphe
‘Something Fishy’ is a fun read with some excellent one-liners like only Wodehouse can concoct.
The plot’s not particularly gripping, but the characters make it an entertaining read. Lord Uffenham is my favourite. He’s an absent-minded old man with a good heart. He gets the funniest lines.
Overall, then, a dashed good read.
The plot’s not particularly gripping, but the characters make it an entertaining read. Lord Uffenham is my favourite. He’s an absent-minded old man with a good heart. He gets the funniest lines.
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The author is notably good at this type of character.Overall, then, a dashed good read.
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Awards
The New York Times Best Books of the Year (Fiction — 1957)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1957